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The HAMILTON Philip tour drummer Quintin Q. Robinson took CBS News Colorado's Dillon Thomas inside the orchestra pit at the Buell Theatre, where the musical is currently playing through November 24.

It might be the least glamorous place to be inside Asteria Theatre. Room 005 Orchestra Pit: black concrete walls, 10 feet below the stage, invisible to most in the audience. But the melodies that will ...

Musicians are losing jobs, or stretched further in the gigs they can get, as KeyComp and other technologies replace human players in the pit Few fans of Disney’s The Lion King would think to peer over ...

And existing musicians are increasingly doubling-up instruments ...

SEATTLE — The Broadway hit "Hamilton" is back at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. But what's happening on the stage isn't the only place where there's a lot of action. Just below the stage is a live band ...

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts has continued its mission of providing access to the arts to young individuals during its recent visit by Alicia Keys' "Hell's Kitchen." The musical, which ...

An investigation ordered by councillors in March found the cost and additional work would heavily delay the project, but the hydraulic orchestra lift, which could cost up to $2.2m and delay the ...